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Avengers Side[]
Mission 1[]
"The Phoenix Force has returned. A cosmic entity capable of destroying the planet, it has manifested within five X-Men. They have retreated to their base on Utopia, an island off the coast of California."
— Mission Preview
Mission Start[]
Captain America: |
So here we are in San Francisco. |
Tony Stark: |
Unfortunately, we're not the only ones who want this new Iso-8. We've got Test Subjects on the ground looking for it. |
Captain America: |
Time to earn our stripes, Agent. |
Tony Stark: |
Welcome to San Francisco. S.H.I.E.L.D. policy prohibits wearing flowers in your hair. |
Deploy 1[]
Screen Text[]
We need street-level intel on the presence of Test Subjects in San Francisco. Send a hero out to do a sweep and see if we can find out where they're being created.
Deploy 2[]
Screen Text[]
We think direct contact with Phoenix might be the best way to bring tensions down, but there's no way to get close to her physically. Dr. Strange can project himself astrally; maybe he can reach out and avert this crisis before it escalates.
Start[]
Dr. Strange: |
I will reach out and see if she is open to speaking. |
Complete[]
Tony Stark: |
How'd it go? |
Dr. Strange: |
She acknowledged my presence but made no move either conciliatory or hostile. |
Tony Stark: |
Ah well. Worth a try. |
Deploy 3[]
Screen Text[]
Golden Gate Park and the south side of the bridge are clogged with mutant-rights demonstrators... and a bunch of bored kids looking for trouble. Send a Blaster to move them along.
Deploy 4[]
Screen Text[]
A school teacher just called in a report that unstable Iso-8 is doing strange things to her computer. Might not be any danger, but get a hero over there to monitor the removal of the Iso-8 and make sure nothing happens.
Deploy 5[]
Screen Text[]
We need a pilot we can trust to get a sample of a new kind of Iso-8 back to New York. Reed Richards is waiting. Ben Grimm's the man for the job.
Start[]
Tony Stark: |
We've got field samples of this swell new Iso-8.
Ben Grimm, you mind swinging out here to pick them up and get them to Reed? |
Thing: |
Sure. What else would I do? Fight bad guys? |
Complete[]
Thing: |
Reed's got the goods. |
MiniBoss - Avalanche[]
Reveal[]
Black Widow: |
Standing by, Tony. Agent, on your go. |
Start[]
Oh, S.H.I.E.L.D comes to save the mutants from themselves. | Avalanche: |
Black Widow: |
They don't need saving. But they also don't need corrupting by the Brotherhood.
Also, you could stand to drop the persecution complex. |
Lose[]
Shake, rattle, and roll! | Avalanche: |
Complete[]
Black Widow: |
Avalanche won't be a problem anymore. You can cancel the earthquake alert. |
Captain America: |
One problem down. Let's get on to the big one. So to speak.
Head to Utopia. Once you land, wait on the beach and see who comes out to meet you. |
Black Widow: |
Flying solo? |
Captain America: |
Take Hawkeye too. |
Hawkeye: |
On it. |
Boss - Emma Frost[]
Reveal[]
Hawkeye: |
Cyclops and Emma Frost are coming out to meet us. |
Tony Stark: |
Stay frosty, people. We're there to talk. Think good thoughts.
Remember we don't want to pick a fight with the Phoenix Five unless there's no other option. |
Hawkeye: |
If that's what it comes to, I've got a feeling we'll be glad this Iso-8 corruption is holding the Phoenix Force back a little. |
Start[]
This is our home. I don't remember inviting you. | Emma Frost: |
Black Widow: |
We're here just to talk. |
All right. Let's talk. You want to control us because we now have the power to ensure our future, with or without you. | Cyclops: |
We will not be controlled. We will use the Phoenix Force when we want, as we want. | Emma Frost: |
If that works for you, there's no problem. | Cyclops: |
Hawkeye: |
Where's the part where we talk? |
Go ahead. | Cyclops: |
You know what I think? It's our decision to make. Not yours. Because it's our survival at stake. Not yours. | Cyclops: |
Black Widow: |
That's where you're wrong. When it burns Earth to a cinder, you think it's going to save anyone? |
I think it's up to us, and only us, to make that call. Now leave. We have more important things to do than ease your worries. | Cyclops: |
Hawkeye: |
We're not leaving until this is settled. |
Emma, escort our visitors out. | Cyclops: |
Lose[]
I told you. Stay out of mutant business. Have you gotten the message yet? | Emma Frost: |
Complete[]
Black Widow: |
Emma Frost and Cyclops have withdrawn into the main Utopia complex. Pursue? |
Iron Man: |
No. Whatever the X-Men think, we're not here to start a fight. But they damn well need to know that the Phoenix Force isn't just their private toy. |
Captain America: |
Remember what you said about the Phoenix Force making them more aggressive? I think we just saw that. |
Iron Man: |
Pull out, both of you. We will give them some room for now. Everyone meet back at the mansion. |
Mission Complete[]
Tony Stark: |
This is looking like trouble. Whatever the Phoenix Force is, we can't let it divide us against each other. |
Captain America: |
Tell that to the X-Men. |
Tony Stark: |
I'm going to see Cyclops myself. Also, we need to speak to Xavier. |
Captain America: |
Already tried. He's not talking to anyone.
If things keep going the way they are, I'm afraid we're going to see Cyclops and Magneto on the same side. Mutants against non-mutants. |
Tony Stark: |
I don't think that's what the Phoenix Force is about. |
Captain America: |
I don't either. But right now it doesn't look like the mutants care what we think. |
Mission 2[]
"Back in Manhattan, the X-Men plan on paying the Avengers a visit in their own mansion. Some villains see this as a chance to raise tensions."
— Mission Preview
Mission Start[]
Captain America: |
Looks like we've got a return visit after our Utopia excursion. Colossus and Magik are at Avengers Mansion. |
Iron Man: |
And right at the same time we've got a fresh infestation of Jotun. Does Loki have an angle on the Phoenix Force? |
Captain America: |
My guess is he's seeing chaos and looking to keep it going. |
Iron Man: |
Tricky spot, but we're going to take care of the Jotun first. Then maybe we can talk to our guests. |
Captain America: |
I can already tell you what they'll say. |
Iron Man: |
T'Challa told me once that you have to think two steps ahead of your enemies and three steps ahead of your friends.
That's what we're doing, whether they like it or not. |
Deploy 1[]
Screen Text[]
Every time Jotun show up, so do the black-metal Asatru wannabes. There's a group of them picking a fight with real Jotun here. Send a Scrapper to break it up before someone gets killed.
Start[]
Captain America: |
Can you believe this? People are following the Jotun around and cheering. Some kind of religious cult. Only in New York.
Asatru? Is that what they call it? |
Tony Stark: |
Norse-myth Goth geeks who wish they could have been Vikings. |
Captain America: |
They'd better watch out or the Jotun will send them to Valhalla too soon. |
Complete[]
Tony Stark: |
And there's one more segment of the local moonbat population saved from itself.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled efforts to get the X-Men to see reason. |
Deploy 2[]
Screen Text[]
S.H.I.E.L.D. is sending out recovery teams to get this new unstable Iso-8 off the streets. They need some backup in case anything goes wrong.
Deploy 3[]
Screen Text[]
If we have to mount an actual assault on Utopia, we're going to need the perfect plan. Put Captain America to work on battle orders... and pray that we don't have to use them.
Start[]
Tony Stark: |
Sure hope we can get this settled here. Last thing in the world I want to do is mount a full assault on Utopia. |
Captain America: |
Might not matter what you want, Tony. A leader has to plan for every outcome, not just the ones he wants. |
Tony Stark: |
I know. You're right. I hate it when you're right.
Let's get a tactician and team in place so we have orders ready... in the event they're needed. In fact, why don't you do it. |
Complete[]
Captain America: |
It's a good plan. |
Tony Stark: |
You're happy with it, o tactical expert? |
Captain America: |
Matter of fact, I am. Now I hope we never have to use it. |
Deploy 4[]
Screen Text[]
The Jotun are opening a direct portal to Jotunheim! Send a Bruiser to close it and make sure they're in no shape to try again.
Start[]
Tony Stark: |
No more Jotun. I've had it. They're a distraction and we need to be focused on getting the Iso-8 under our control.
Close that portal. |
Complete[]
Tony Stark: |
Okay. Portal closed, back to the angry X-Men.
I mean it about no more frost giants. |
Deploy 5[]
Screen Text[]
Unstable Iso-8 has appeared in Asgard! Send Thor to recover it before Loki can get hold of it and cause more mischief.
Start[]
Tony Stark: |
Is that an Asgardian portal? If I see another frost giant, I'm gonna shoot someone. |
Thor: |
A messenger has come. There is corrupted Iso-8 on Bifrost itself. I must go to Asgard. |
Tony Stark: |
If you must, you must. Settle things there and get back quick, muscles. We can use you here, too. |
Complete[]
Thor: |
It is as we had feared. Corrupt Iso-8 has made its way to Asgard. |
Tony Stark: |
You brought it back? Get it to Mr. Fantastic, so-called, so he can lock it down. |
Thor: |
Already done. But I fear this is not the last we have seen of it. |
Deploy 6[]
Screen Text[]
Some crackpot claiming to be Loki is menacing kids in the park. NYPD wants backup in case he turns out to be the real thing.
MiniBoss - Executioner[]
Reveal[]
Captain America: |
The Executioner is calling out the marching orders. |
Iron Man: |
Thor, how about you drop by and create a leadership vacuum? |
Thor: |
Of all duties, bludgeoning Skurge is perhaps the sweetest. |
Start[]
Thor: |
Skurge, every time your mistress sends you to Midgard, you return in chains. When will you learn?
Jotun ancestry has granted you strength, but perhaps not wisdom. |
Impugning my lineage is not wise either, Odinson. Nor is it noble. | Executioner: |
Thor: |
Then let us dispense with words, and speak the true language of warriors. |
Lose[]
Tony Stark: |
Thor, I know you're trying not to tear the whole place down, but we need the Executioner out of there. Now. |
Thor: |
I will not be so restrained this time. |
Tony Stark: |
Never thought I'd have to tell you that. |
Complete[]
Thor: |
The Executioner cut open a rift to Jotunheim with the Bloodaxe. He has fled. |
Tony Stark: |
Is it closed now? |
Thor: |
Yes. |
Tony Stark: |
Make a last sweep for Jotun. Then we get to the tricky diplomacy bit. |
Thor: |
Leave me out of it. I would much prefer to fight. |
Tony Stark: |
Let's hope it doesn't come to that. |
Boss - Colossus/Magik[]
Reveal[]
Iron Man: |
Okay, we're getting the Jotun under control. Finish clearing them out as you find them, but now we've got a pressing engagement with Colossus and Magik. |
Captain America: |
Hulk, maybe you can show them the same hospitality Cyclops and Emma Frost showed us. |
Iron Man: |
And Thor, was that the Enchantress I saw trying to cast some kind of love spell on you? You gorgeous thing. |
Thor: |
I will not speak of it. |
Iron Man: |
You already started something with Colossus and Magik, didn't you? |
Thor: |
It is of no consequence. |
Start[]
You're not welcome in this discussion. We're here to talk to Tony. | Colossus: |
Hulk: |
I'm not welcome anywhere. Comes with the territory. |
If that's an attempt to establish common ground, give up. You don't understand the Phoenix. You don't understand us. You don't tell us what to do. | Magik: |
Hulk: |
Colossus, talk some sense into your sister here before I beat it into her. |
You are threatening us? | Colossus: |
Hulk: |
That depends. Do you like being punched? |
We talk to Tony. No one else. | Magik: |
Hulk: |
Then you're going to be disappointed. |
Lose[]
For the last time. You leave us alone or I bring this building down. | Colossus: |
Complete[]
Hulk: |
That could have gone better. |
Captain America: |
S.H.I.E.L.D. came through for Emma Frost when things went sideways with the Hellfire Club, remember? If the X-Men are looking for enemies... |
Hulk: |
Leave me out of the convincing. Unless I get to convince Colossus with my fist. |
Mission Complete[]
Captain America: |
Colossus isn't talking. Cyclops either. |
Tony Stark: |
Know what I'd be doing if I was them? I'd be figuring out how the Phoenix Force works with Iso-8. |
Captain America: |
Sounds like you know something we don't. |
Captain America: |
Might? |
Tony Stark: |
You have a better idea? |
Captain America: |
No. Okay, we're headed back to San Francisco. Strap in. I don't think they're going to roll out the welcome mat. |
Mission 3[]
"Tempers flare with the Phoenix's power. The Avengers clash with the X-Men on Alcatraz island to settle things once and for all."
— Mission Preview
Mission Start[]
Captain America: |
We're dropping back into San Francisco with all the unstable Iso-8 we can find, but before we can settle the Phoenix Force question... |
Captain America: |
If you say so. The Phoenix Five have their heads so turned around, I'm not sure they'll appreciate the gesture. |
Iron Man: |
They better.
Otherwise we're going to have an actual war on our hands. |
Captain America: |
You mean another war. |
Iron Man: |
Yeah. One is enough. Let's get this settled. |
Deploy 1[]
Screen Text[]
Astronomers at the Lick Observatory observed something unusual last night. They're suggesting it has something to do with the Pulse. Send someone to pick up the data and make sure the eggheads there know to keep their mouths shut.
Deploy 2[]
Screen Text[]
The Wakandan science ministry has sent a top-secret report on Vibranium and Iso-8 to this lab, and they're requesting that Black Panther read it before they take action.
Start[]
Tony Stark: |
T'Challa, I know you're a king and all, and you can do whatever you want, but this isn't a great time for you to go hide out in a lab. |
Complete[]
Black Panther: |
Reed Richards is analyzing this report in conjunction with his own research into this unstable Iso-8. He will forward it to Nick Fury. |
Tony Stark: |
See? Innovation, sharing information, cooperation. Sure wish the X-Men would figure this out.
Wait. I get a dossier, too, right? |
Deploy 3[]
Screen Text[]
An informant says he's got information about the Circle of 8. It's not the kind of thing he can put in the mail. Send a trusted asset to find out what he might know.
Start[]
Tony Stark: |
We've got a sympathetic ear in the local FBI office and she knows we're listening for any mention of the Circle of 8.
She says she's got something. |
Captain America: |
Let's find out what. |
Complete[]
MiniBoss - Viper[]
Reveal[]
Iron Man: |
There's Viper, HYDRA's setting up in abandoned parts of the old prison complex.
Dig her out there, Cap. |
Captain America: |
Trying to send a supportive message to the X-Men? |
Iron Man: |
If that happens, great. But I would rather get our point across to Viper and Zemo... and pick up all that Iso-8 they've squirreled away down there. |
Start[]
You're not who I was expecting. | Viper: |
Captain America: |
That's not the last of the surprises. Especially if you think you are going to harness the Phoenix Force. |
With all due respect to your scientific acumen, Captain Rogers, I'm afraid you are missing the point.
This is about power, not understanding. |
Viper: |
Captain America: |
Know what I understand about power? It drives good people to do bad things, and makes bad people even worse. |
Good line. I'll add it to your eulogy. | Viper: |
Lose[]
Perhaps you understand a little more about power now... | Viper: |
Complete[]
Captain America: |
This is a maze down here, Tony. I went after her, but if there's much more action down here we're going to collapse the whole prison. |
Iron Man: |
Fall back, then. Long as we've gotten control of the Iso-8 cache. |
You have our thanks for clearing HYDRA out. Now you can clear out yourselves. We'll take care of the Iso-8. | Cyclops: |
Captain America: |
I don't think so, Scott. |
All right. Keep it. Play with it. But if you try to face us down again, you'll see it's a waste of time. | Cyclops: |
Captain America: |
Don't take the bait, Cap. Focus on the mission. This is going to get harder before it gets easier. |
Boss - Cyclops[]
Reveal[]
Iron Man: |
Cap, I think we need to confront Cyclops before he gets back to Utopia.
If we show up there, we're going to be dealing with the Phoenix Five all at once. I have a bad feeling about that. |
Captain America: |
You got the Iso-8? Is it enough? |
Iron Man: |
Yes, I got it, and... well, maybe. |
Captain America: |
Maybe? |
Captain America: |
Okay. I sure hope you're right. |
Iron Man: |
Keep a cool head, soldier. |
Start[]
Captain America: |
Scott, while we're tearing each other apart our real enemies are laughing all the way to world domination.
You're doing exactly what they want. Exactly what Magneto wants. |
Wrong. I'm doing what's necessary for us to survive. | Cyclops: |
Captain America: |
And everyone else can just go to hell if the Phoenix Force decides to start the world over? |
That's a chance we have to take. | Cyclops: |
Captain America: |
You're not the only ones taking it. Do you really think you get to gamble with seven billion lives? |
I'm putting mutants first because no one will. | Cyclops: |
Captain America: |
No can do. Tony's got it. As you are about to find out. |
Lose[]
The Phoenix Force has chosen sides, Cap. And it didn't choose you. | Cyclops: |
Captain America: |
Tony, whatever you're planning on doing, do it. |
Complete[]
What have you done? | Cyclops: |
Captain America: |
What we had to do. The Phoenix Force would have destroyed us all, Scott. You just couldn't see it. |
You-- | Cyclops: |
Captain America: |
It wasn't your get-out-of-jail-free card. It never belonged to you. |
Iron Man: |
Why do you think it came back now?
It followed the Pulse, Scott. And what do you think it would have done if it decided the Pulse meant Earth needed a fresh start? |
Epic Boss - Phoenix[]
Reveal[]
Tony Stark: |
Uh oh. |
Captain America: |
Uh oh? |
Tony Stark: |
Yeah. The shards got together, all right, but they haven't left yet.
They all reunited in a familiar place: Jean Grey. |
You think I can't hear you? | Phoenix: |
Tony Stark: |
Jean, hey, welcome to Alcatraz. Sorry the Phoenix Force won't be sticking around. Actually, no, I'm not. |
That's not your decision. I make the decisions now. I am Phoenix. | Phoenix: |
Captain America: |
That sounds an awful lot like a threat. |
That's because for all your platitudes, you've never understood mutants. Or trusted us. That ends now, one way or another. | Phoenix: |
Start[]
Captain America: |
We've fought together too much to be divided now, Jean. |
Captain America: |
I think it's got a handle on you. It already killed you once. Let go. |
I will not. Now leave. I won't give you another chance. | Phoenix: |
Captain America: |
Tony? |
Tony Stark: |
Hang in there, Cap. |
Lose[]
You picked a fight you can't win, Steve. Back off. | Phoenix: |
Complete[]
Phoenix: |
It's gone. You did that. I'm--I don't know what I am. |
Captain America: |
Easy. Give yourself a minute to get used to it. Tony? |
Tony Stark: |
Yeah. It worked. The Phoenix Force has left the planet. On its way out it fried most of the telecom satellites within a thousand miles. |
Captain America: |
Jean. Did it--? |
Phoenix: |
Just like last time. There are traces of it left. Probably in all five of us. But I can feel both times it... possessed me. |
Tony Stark: |
We dodged a bullet there, team. A giant cosmic planet-destroying bullet. You don't mind if I call you team, do you? |
Phoenix: |
No. I guess not. |
Mission Complete[]
Cyclops: |
So it's gone. Mostly. |
Iron Man: |
I'd offer condolences, but they would be insincere. |
Cyclops: |
I hope that wasn't our last shot. |
Captain America: |
To survive? No, it wasn't. Long as we stick together, that's our best shot. |
Phoenix: |
It'll have to be now. |
Iron Man: |
A lot of that Iso-8 variant was consumed when it got close to the unified Phoenix Force. We can put our heads together studying what's left. |
Cyclops: |
Good plan. |
Iron Man: |
And you still got traces of it. All five of you, right? |
Phoenix: |
Only traces. |
Captain America: |
Pulse, Phoenix Force... whatever comes along, remember. We have to fight it together. |
X-Men Side[]
Mission 1[]
"The Phoenix Force has returned. A cosmic entity capable of destroying the planet, it has manifested within five X-Men. They have retreated to their base on Utopia, an island off the coast of California."
— Mission Preview
Mission Start[]
Emma Frost: |
If we can channel its powers, we can handle any threat the Pulse throws at us. |
Magik: |
No, Scott. They want us to hand ourselves over. And that's never going to happen again. |
Emma Frost: |
We're not going to let S.H.I.E.L.D. run this show. The Phoenix Force is ours. It's our one hope to survive. |
Cyclops: |
If you're on board with that, we're glad to have the help.
Emma's already taken a look inside your head. |
Emma Frost: |
Lovely tour. Nothing about betraying us. |
Deploy 1[]
Screen Text[]
With the Avengers on the doorstep, the X-Men need to make their case to Professor Xavier. Storm can be very persuasive. Maybe she can get him to see our point.
Start[]
Cyclops: |
Storm, you know how Xavier likes the personal touch.
Mind making a quick trip to the school to get him up to date? He loves it when you get regal. |
Storm: |
I'm not playing games, Scott. I'll talk to him, but you and I both know what's going to happen. |
Complete[]
Storm: |
Xavier says, and I'm quoting here, "You can't fight every battle." |
Cyclops: |
Yeah. I thought he might say something like that.
But we're going to fight this one if we have to. |
Deploy 2[]
Screen Text[]
A rogue Test Subject is starting fires in this area. Local firefighters are doing the best they can but they'll be playing catch up until someone gets the Test Subject in custody.
Deploy 3[]
Screen Text[]
We think most of the Test Subjects were deployed from this location. Infiltrate it and see if the Brotherhood is still operating here.
Deploy 4[]
Screen Text[]
The West Coast Avengers are talking about reforming and jumping into this fight. Nobody wants things to escalate more than they already have. Send a hero to keep them in check.
Deploy 5[]
Screen Text[]
Anti-mutant riots have broken out, centered here. Put a Scrapper in the middle of it and knock some heads together until order is restored.
Start[]
Cyclops: |
You watching the news? Anti-mutant riots are breaking out all over the place.
There's a big one here. Let's put a stop to it before it spreads. |
Complete[]
Cyclops: |
A highly appropriate use of nonlethal force. Good work. |
MiniBoss - Juggernaut[]
Reveal[]
Cyclops: |
Juggernaut's the one winding up the Test Subjects. |
Emma Frost: |
Let me handle this. |
Start[]
Time to unify. Mutants have to stick together. | Juggernaut: |
Emma Frost: |
Magneto sends his favored pretender. Who are you to speak for mutants, Juggernaut? You're not one of us. |
I'm good enough for Magneto. That better be good enough for you. | Juggernaut: |
Lose[]
We could have done this the easy way, but hey, if you want to fight, who am I to say no? | Juggernaut: |
Complete[]
Emma Frost: |
Juggernaut has run back to his master. |
Cyclops: |
Maybe that'll send a message to the Brotherhood. We're not going to roll over for them any more than we will for Tony Stark. |
Boss - Hawkeye/Black Widow[]
Reveal[]
Cyclops: |
Hawkeye and Black Widow have presented themselves on Utopia.
We're not receiving visitors right now. Someone kindly inform them of this. |
Emma Frost: |
Kindly? |
Cyclops: |
Kindly but firmly. I'll come with you. |
Start[]
Emma Frost: |
How do I put this delicately? Get off our beach. |
We're here to talk. | Hawkeye: |
Cyclops: |
We could talk anywhere. This is a show of force. Don't insult us by pretending it's not. |
No pretending on this end. You need to stop acting like the Phoenix Force is your personal toy. | Black Widow: |
Emma Frost: |
Toy? Oh no, it's hardly a toy. Let me show you. |
Lose[]
Ready to talk yet? | Black Widow: |
We're listening. | Hawkeye: |
Complete[]
Emma Frost: |
I believe that I have convinced them that the Phoenix Force is not a mere toy. |
Cyclops: |
Good. |
Emma Frost: |
However, the fight was more even than I'd have liked. |
Cyclops: |
What are you talking about? |
Emma Frost: |
They had some new form of Iso-8 with them that seemed to dampen the powers of the Phoenix. |
Cyclops: |
Then we'll head to Avengers Mansion and find out more about it. Agent, your assistance is appreciated. Come on inside and we'll plan the next step. |
Mission Complete[]
Colossus: |
Understood. |
Mission 2[]
"Back in Manhattan, the X-Men plan on paying the Avengers a visit in their own mansion. Some villains see this as a chance to raise tensions."
— Mission Preview
Mission Start[]
Cyclops: |
New York, New York. Is our mission to Avengers Mansion on schedule? |
Colossus: |
We're here, Scott. |
Deploy 1[]
Screen Text[]
Reporters camped out near Avengers Mansion are demanding to know why S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't getting involved in the Phoenix Force manifestation. Send someone telegenic to give them a sound bite.
Start[]
Cyclops: |
Reporters are thick as flies on this story. They love the idea of Avengers versus X-Men.
Here's a chance for some good PR. We need it. Get our side of the story out. |
Complete[]
Deploy 2[]
Screen Text[]
While the Avengers are distracted with all the Jotun around, let's do a little intel-gathering. Slip Kitty Pryde into Avengers Mansion to have a look around. The X-Men don't want a fight, but if it's going to happen, they want to be prepared.
Start[]
Kitty Pryde: |
Got it. |
Complete[]
Kitty Pryde: |
Looks just like it did the last time I was there. |
Cyclops: |
That's what I was hoping to hear. |
Kitty Pryde: |
Well, the news isn't all good. They've also got a hell of a lot of this Iso-8 and they're shipping it to San Francisco. |
Cyclops: |
I see. We'll be ready. |
Deploy 3[]
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Jotun are blockading this street and they've got first responders pinned. Put a bruiser on the scene to clear them out.
Deploy 4[]
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A S.H.I.E.L.D. team is about to crash this location to clear Jotun but the insertion will go a lot more smoothly if they have some tactical assistance. Get a tactician on-site to oversee the operation.
Deploy 5[]
Screen Text[]
Some crackpot claiming to be Loki is menacing kids in the park. NYPD wants backup in case he turns out to be the real thing.
MiniBoss - Enchantress[]
Reveal[]
Emma Frost: |
Enchantress spotted, Scott. |
Cyclops: |
That explains the Jotun. Any sign of what she's up to? |
Emma Frost: |
She's just done some kind of spell that looks like it was aimed right here at the mansion itself. |
Cyclops: |
That's not good. Take her out. |
Start[]
The lovely--at least for a mortal--Emma Frost. Are you here to duel for Thor's affections? | Enchantress: |
Emma Frost: |
Is that what you're doing? You came all the way from Asgard with a love potion? |
My lips are sealed. I would be loath to spoil the surprise. | Enchantress: |
Emma Frost: |
Pathetic. |
Meow... as the mortals say. | Enchantress: |
Lose[]
The Odinson is a fine prize. Pity you will never enjoy him! | Enchantress: |
Complete[]
Emma Frost: |
I don't think she was really here to fight.
Before we got here, she cast some kind of spell on Thor. |
Cyclops: |
That's going to be the real problem, then. Step lightly, but let's move ahead. |
Boss - Thor[]
Reveal[]
Magik: |
Scott, we're here and ready to go in, but the Avengers look to have a new doorman. |
Mutants, you will leave. My lady commands it! | Thor: |
Cyclops: |
Stand down, Colossus. Magik, think you can handle this without wrecking the place? |
Magik: |
With pleasure. |
Cyclops: |
Good. I'd hate for the X-Men to be seen as trashy guests. |
Start[]
I warned you, mutants. Begone. | Thor: |
Magik: |
I'm afraid not, big man. We've got an appointment and just no room to rebook.
Now if you don't move, I'm going to have to do something unladylike. |
The stars themselves will not move me... and you are more demon than lady. | Thor: |
Magik: |
Oh, we don't need the stars to move you. Not when we've got the Phoenix Force on our side. |
Lose[]
There is no defeat where a warrior battles for both glory and love. | Thor: |
Complete[]
Cyclops: |
The enchantment's broken. Nicely done, Magik. |
Magik: |
I always said, what's the Enchantress got that I haven't got? |
Interesting question. Not really to the point, though. What brings the X-Men to my humble abode? | Iron Man: |
Colossus: |
We have come to assert our rights. |
Your rights to what? | Iron Man: |
Colossus: |
Self-determination. The Phoenix Force granted itself to us, and only we can decide how best to handle it. |
It's not that simple. You think it's an accident that the Phoenix Force showed up so soon after the Pulse? And broke apart when it hit that Iso-8 on the Moon? | Iron Man: |
Colossus: |
We're doing our own research on the Iso-8 question. As Emma has told us you are. |
Magik: |
As far as the Pulse... we will decide how best to use the Phoenix Force against it. Don't interfere. |
You going to tell that to the Hulk if I send him this way? | Iron Man: |
Mission Complete[]
Cyclops: |
Message delivered. Now it's their move.
Let's get back home. I don't think it'll be too long before Tony has a response. |
Emma Frost: |
I can't believe S.H.I.E.L.D. is staying out of this. |
Cyclops: |
I can. They know they need us. We've got all the trump cards. Now we just need to play them. |
Mission 3[]
"Tempers flare with the Phoenix's power. The Avengers clash with the X-Men on Alcatraz island to settle things once and for all."
— Mission Preview
Mission Start[]
Cyclops: |
The Brotherhood and Frost Giants made their move, now it looks like HYDRA is making theirs.
They've set up positions all around Alcatraz Island and captured a cache of this unstable Iso-8. |
Emma Frost: |
The Avengers are after it too. They think it might weaken the Phoenix Force... and they might be right. |
Magik: |
And we sure as hell can't let HYDRA get to it. |
Cyclops: |
Also I'd like to have this problem taken care of before we have to deal with Tony again. |
Colossus: |
Any communication from S.H.I.E.L.D.? |
Cyclops: |
No. And I'm not expecting any. Fury's letting his underlings sort things out. So let's sort them out. |
Deploy 1[]
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Beast has prepared a controlled environment for testing the reaction of Iso-8 with the Phoenix Force. Gambit is his preferred catalyst. Send him to the lab and report the results.
Start[]
Cyclops: |
Gambit, we've put together a controlled experiment that needs one of us to be the focus. |
Phoenix: |
We're testing how this variant Iso-8 counters the Phoenix Force and looking for a way to combat it. |
Cyclops: |
Mind being a guinea pig? You get a little taste of the Phoenix Force as an incentive. |
Gambit: |
Won't be the first time, mon ami. Let's get this figured out. |
Complete[]
Gambit: |
That was... interesting, no? Not sure how else to say it. |
Cyclops: |
Interesting how? |
Gambit: |
You put the Phoenix Force and Iso-8 together, you're going to get either a big boom or they drown each other right out. |
Cyclops: |
That's what we thought. It's more important than ever that we collect that Iso-8 before Stark can get it. |
Deploy 2[]
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HYDRA forces are trying to build something in this old guard barracks. Hard to tell what it is, but if we can get an infiltrator into the building, we can hit them before they know we're there.
Deploy 3[]
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Test Subjects are running amok on a tour boat just offshore! Nightcrawler is here. Send him to evacuate civilians and take down the Test Subjects before we have a massacre on our hands.
Start[]
Nightcrawler: |
Some of these Test Subjects have gotten onto a tour boat, Scott! This is going to be a massacre. |
Cyclops: |
Take them out, Kurt. Now. And BAMF! those kids out of there as fast as you can. |
Complete[]
Cyclops: |
Touch and go there. I thought for a minute you were going to miss that little guy hiding out under the lifeboat. |
Nightcrawler: |
I knew he was there. Ende gut, alles gut. |
Deploy 4[]
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A rogue HYDRA agent is shooting up the park-service museum here. He's got the park police outgunned but we should be able to take care of him without much fuss.
Deploy 5[]
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A malfunctioning Sentinel just came out of the water here, in full view of every TV helicopter in the Bay Area. Rogue can take it down and look good on camera.
Start[]
Complete[]
Cyclops: |
Maybe a little flashy, but under the circumstances that might be exactly what we want.
Good work. I think the tide of public opinion is starting to turn our way. |
MiniBoss - Baron Zemo[]
Reveal[]
Colossus: |
Baron Zemo is leading the HYDRA group here, Scott.
Looks like they're trying to use the old prison grounds to establish some kind of base. |
Cyclops: |
I'll take this one. |
Start[]
The leader of the mutants shows his face. | Baron Zemo: |
Cyclops: |
The leader of HYDRA doesn't.
Also you have it wrong. I don't lead the X-Men. The Phoenix Force split into five of us. Dictatorship is your department. |
As the world will soon know first-hand! | Baron Zemo: |
Lose[]
You will learn your place, mutants. Under the heel of HYDRA! | Baron Zemo: |
Complete[]
Cyclops: |
Zemo's out of commission. Let's get him to the Raft ourselves. Magik? |
Magik: |
Always ready to deliver your freight, o fearless leader. |
Emma Frost: |
Where's the Iso-8? |
Cyclops: |
We're still looking for it. |
Boss - Captain America[]
Reveal[]
Phoenix: |
Captain America has arrived on Alcatraz. He must be looking for you, Scott. |
Emma Frost: |
Oh, and S.H.I.E.L.D. has been monitoring our activities against HYDRA. I can hear their admiration from here. |
Cyclops: |
Tony couldn't come himself, I guess. Don't do anything until Cap and I talk, Emma. |
Phoenix: |
Careful. They've got a huge mass of the variant Iso-8, and I can feel it... |
Cyclops: |
Me too. They want to keep it at bay until it decides to move on. It's time to settle this for good. |
Start[]
Cyclops: |
I don't recall inviting you here. |
I don't think anyone ever showed up on Alcatraz by invitation. Besides, it's a free country. I go where I want. | Captain America: |
Cyclops: |
You mean you sneak around to get Iso-8 and weaken us whenever you can.
Hand it over. |
Tony's already got it. You're too late, Scott. We're going to do what it takes to save the planet from the Phoenix Force. Period. | Captain America: |
Cyclops: |
You think I won't blow that Helicarrier out the sky if it means saving every mutant alive? |
I think if you're going to do that, you'll have to go through me first. | Captain America: |
Cyclops: |
All right. I've heard enough. |
Lose[]
That's it. You had your say. Now we've got more important battles to fight. Together. | Captain America: |
Complete[]
Cyclops: |
I hated to do that. |
Emma Frost: |
Needed to be done. Mister Truth and Justice there gets a little too full of himself. |
Phoenix: |
Scott, can you--oh, no. |
Emma Frost: |
Hit the Helicarrier! Now! |
Phoenix: |
No no no... It's too late. The Phoenix Force. It's gone. |
Magik: |
Even when we win, we lose. |
Cyclops: |
Those bastards. This isn't over yet. |
Epic Boss - Iron Man[]
Reveal[]
Magik: |
Iron Man is deflecting everything we can throw at that Helicarrier. |
Phoenix: |
Fine. They might think they've won, but I can still feel the Phoenix Force. It's not gone yet.
If we can destroy that Iso-8, it might still come back. |
Start[]
Cyclops: |
Out of my way, Tony. Don't make me do this. |
Nope. It's over, Scott. I'm here to bring you back into the fold whether you want to come or not. | Iron Man: |
Cyclops: |
Into the fold? We're sheep now? |
You're a tiny bit oversensitive, is what you are. Also stubborn, self-centered, and wasting our time. All of our time. | Iron Man: |
Cyclops: |
Says the Avengers' original egomaniac. That's your invitation? The answer is no. |
It wasn't an invitation. The Phoenix Force has moved on. You need to move on too. | Iron Man: |
Cyclops: |
That's the last time you tell a mutant what to do. |
Lose[]
Would it be egomaniacal of me to congratulate myself? | Iron Man: |
Complete[]
Cyclops: |
Something wrong with your invincible armor there, genius?
Or did you just pick a fight you couldn't win? Even Tony Stark can't fight the Phoenix Force. |
The Phoenix Force? It's gone, Scott. You're going on pure rage right now. Once that's gone, you'll see. | Iron Man: |
Cyclops: |
No. Not completely gone. We're stronger than we ever were before. |
Then maybe you can let go of your persecution complex long enough to see that we're even stronger on the same side. | Iron Man: |
Mission Complete[]
Tony Stark: |
You made your point, Scott. But you're not hearing ours.
It was never about keeping mutants down. It was about keeping everyone alive. Nobody ever controls the Phoenix Force. |
Cyclops: |
We'll never know now. |
Tony Stark: |
Good. Last thing we need is one more rogue cosmic phenomenon.
I mean, remember the broccoli people? |
Phoenix: |
We did have it under control, Tony. You didn't have to handle it the way you did. |
Cyclops: |
You can't stand the idea of mutants controlling their own fate, can you? |
Emma Frost: |
We know you think you're right. Nothing new there. |
Tony Stark: |
Same thing. Now come on. We've got evil to fight. |
Faulteater Research[]
Unlocked[]
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